Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (February 7) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$391.5 billion as at the end of January 2017 (end-December 2016: US$386.2 billion) (Annex).
Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong at the end of January 2017 amounted to US$383.4 billion (end-December 2016: US$378.1 billion).
The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$391.5 billion represent about seven times the currency in circulation or 48% of Hong Kong dollar M3.
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At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued by the HKMA each month. Three of these releases are issued to disseminate monetary data in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). The fourth press release, on the Exchange Fund's Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account, is made in accordance with the HKMA's policy of maintaining a high level of transparency. For the month of February 2017, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
| February 7 | SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
| February 14 | SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
| February 28 | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |
| February 28 | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
Ends/Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:30
Issued at HKT 16:30
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